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119-hr-7913119th CongressWALLET

Higher Education Challenge Grant Modernization Act

Sponsored By: Representative McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]

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Summary

Expand and fund education and workforce development in food and agricultural sciences. This bill would modernize the grants and fellowships program to prioritize teaching enhancement projects and paid work-based learning that build trained professionals in food and agricultural sciences and in rural economic, community, and business development.

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  • Students and early-career workers: Creates clearer priorities for paid, work-based learning and teaching projects, which can open more training and career pathways in food and agricultural fields.
  • Rural communities and businesses: Directs grant priorities toward building a workforce for rural economic, community, and business development, helping match training to local needs.
  • Colleges and program leaders: Changes the priority rules for grant selection and reauthorizes the program to support fellowships and teaching improvements over a longer term.

*Establishes a $60 million annual appropriation for each fiscal year from 2026 through 2035, creating a sustained increase in federal outlays over that period.*

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More training grants for agriculture

If enacted, this bill would authorize $60 million per year for the Grants and Fellowships for Food and Agricultural Sciences Education program for fiscal years 2026 through 2035. It would add teaching enhancement projects, including paid work-based learning, as priority grant categories. Eligible projects must address a need for trained professionals in either (A) food and agricultural sciences or (B) rural economic, community, and business development. Students, teachers, colleges, and local workforce programs would have more chances to compete for grant and fellowship awards, though the bill does not set how the money would be divided.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

McClain Delaney, April [D-MD-6]

MD • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Vindman, Eugene Simon [D-VA-7]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 3/12/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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